Food

Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul @Lebuh Leng Kwee, Penang

We were here at the legendary roadside stall in 2011, and the queue remained as crazy in 2016… And the queue at the chendul stall opposite remained non-existent… Oops.

This pushcart stall started in 1936 with the old Mr Tan Teik Fuang learning to make and beginning to sell chendul at Penang Road. Business flourished and picked up when the 2nd generation Mr Tan Chong Kim took over in 1977 and started applying innovation with a business mind while keeping the quality of the product. Today Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul has branches all over Malaysia and is planning on expanding to overseas too.

As usual, we just grabbed a bowl of Chendul for RM2.70, and slurped it up by the roadside, along with the rest.

It was still as good as ever, with the generous gula melaka and aromatic coconut flavours, making it a delightful dessert. Who cares about the hot sun anyway? 😉

Contact:

  • Location: 27 & 29 Lebuh Keng Kwee, 10100 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
  • Websitewww.chendul.my
  • Contact: +60 4262 6002
  • Hrs: 10:30am – 7pm (Mon-Fri), 10am – 7:30pm (Sat-Sun)
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Tong Seng Restoran 東城茶餐廳 @Penang Road, Penang

After the not-too-satisfying char kway tiao, we spotted another char kway tiao stall as we made our way back to the hotel, and this time, they fry it with duck egg!!!

Without hesitation, we ordered our second plate of Char Kw6ay Tiao with Duck Egg (RM6) within 2 hours 😮 To add on to the variety, we also ordered a Penang Laksa (RM5), and White Nutmeg Drink (RM2.30).

This plate of char kway tiao was so worth the calories! Something about the duck egg simply made this dish super flavourful 😀 The laksa sadly was lacking the sourness of the assam and was overly spicy for us.

But we were totally satisfied with the CKT alone! 😛

Contact:

  • Location: 406 Jalan Penang 10000 Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
  • Hrs: 8am – 5pm
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Food Gallery @Penang Times Square, Penang

We were at the very same food court again!

This time, we were here to avoid the rain, and it was getting late, so we figured that we should grab a bite. The problem with food court was that it sells plenty of non local food, so we ended up with the local stall selling Char Kway Tiao (RM6.90).

They used normal chicken egg instead of duck egg, and though there was quite a bit of wok hei, there was also a fair bit of burnt egg and kway tiao..

Oops. Not too bad, if we skipped the burnt bits 😛

But of course this was a nice place to rest our sore feet and wait for the rain to stop. Not to mention there’s also nice air-con to cool our heated body down… 😛

Contact:

  • Location: Jalan Dato Keramat, Penang Times Square Lot no.: 77-1-1~8, 77-1-41~45, 10150 George Town, Malaysia
  • Contact: +60 4210 3080
  • Hrs: 10am – 10pm
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Black Kettle @Lebuh Pantai, Penang

2016-04-17 11.01.32The weather in Penang is a killer!

So after our sumptuous dim sum breakfast, we went on a Street Art hunt for the awesome and beautiful street arts in George Town.

In the midst of our hunting, we needed to take refuge from the scorching sun. And we happened to past by Black Kettle so we quickly went inside to take shelter!

This modern cafe offers quite an extensive menu, from a whole section of bakery items to breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner items, as well as desserts, coffees, teas and wines for everyone!

The eggs benedict and pancakes photos on IG looks so yummylicious but we were still full from the morning spread so we only ordered:

  • Blueberry Yoghurt Cake (RM8.50++): This was heavenly! It was dense, moist and not overly sweet.
  • Caffe Latte Cold (RM11++): This was saviour to hubby as it cooled him down almost immediately.
  • Honey Lemon (RM8++): This was surprisingly good, as I could really taste the lemon in the drink when most honey lemons were quite watered down… This had a very good balance of honey and lemon, and I loved it.
Contact:

  • Location: 105 Beach St, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
  • Websitewww.blackkettle.com.my
  • Contact: +60 4-251 9270
  • Hrs: 7:30am – 11pm
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Kimberley Street Night Market @Lebuh Kimberley, Penang

2016-04-16 21.34.25We checked in to our hotel on Lebuh Chulia in the late afternoon, and after a good rest in the hotel, we went to check out the night market scene at Kimberley Street.

This street (Lebuh Kimberley) is a major street food venue in George Town and there were many stalls and kopitiams or coffee gardens along both sides of the street at the junction of Lebuh Cintra and Lebuh Kimberley. This street is also just a short walk from our hotel on Lebuh Chulia (part of the reason to stay at Lebuh Chulia!).

Penang street food or hawker food are very affordable food options in Penang. Prices are usually around RM5 to RM6 (~S$2) for a plate of Lor Mee, Hokkien Prawn Mee, Char Koay Teow, Koay Teow Thng, Assam Laksa etc. I am salivating just typing out this list.

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Kedai Makan Cintra Food Corner 日本街肉粽茶餐室 @Lebuh Cintra, Penang

2016-04-16 18.24.11We are back in Penang!

We had gotten off at Komtar Bus Terminal and making our way to our hotel from there.

When we were almost reaching the hotel, we spotted the rice dumpling shop that we went to back in 2011. We were now back for more!

  • Special Golden Dumpling 雙黄加料大肉粽 (RM7.90): Densely packed glutinous rice with 2 salted egg yolk goodness, there was also plenty of fatty meat… Very sinful but delicious!
  • Famous Yam Cake 驰名芋糕 (RM2.90): The aromatic yam flavour hit us before we even took a bite out of this smooth yam cake, awesome!
  • Herbal Tea 罗汉果 (RM2.50): Served cold, it was a refreshing drink that was lightly sweetened with rock sugar.

Not bad for our first meal in Penang 🙂

Contact:

  • Location: 40 Lebuh Cintra 10100 George Town Pulau Pinang Malaysia
  • Contact: 012-480 3308
  • Hrs: 9am – 6pm
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Seorae Korean Charcoal BBQ @Plaza Singapura

2016-04-05 21.14.41It was time to try something new! OCBC is having a 1-for-1 promotion for Galmaegisal (marinated pork skirt meat), so that kinda made us decide to try out this place.

According to the menu, galmaegisal is supposed to be “well-loved for its perfect combination of tender juiciness”, and “this unique cut that forms only 250 grams of a full-grown pig is said to be only serves to the Royal Family of Korea in the past”. We were quite sold to the idea of eating it already!

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Ju Hao Xiao Long Bao 聚豪拉面小笼包 @Square 2

This area has been under renovations for a rather long time, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that Ju Hao Xiao Long Bao 聚豪拉面小笼包 (originally from the already closed Lavendar Food Square and now opened in collaboration with MOF) has finally opened on 31st March!

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Ambush @Junction 8

We had patronized Ambush many times and today is one of those days when you can’t really decide what to have for dinner. 🙂

But alas, the pork knuckles was out of stock AGAIN! Of the so many times we were here, we had only managed to try it once…

  • Mixed Mussels and Clams Pot ($19.50++): The white wine sauce was so tasty and flavourful!
  • Confit of Duck ($20.50++) – Duck was a bit tough and not as tender as what we had in other restaurants.
  • Risotto with Pancetta and Foie Gras ($21.50++) – Our favourite dish of the night! The risotto was wonderfully done and eaten together with the pancetta bits and cheese was so satisfying!
Contact:

  • Location: 9 Bishan Place Junction 8 Shopping Centre #02-19/20/27 S(579837)
  • Websitewww.ambush.com.sg
  • Hrs: 11am – 10pm
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Oh My Tian Bakehouse & Cafe @Boon Keng

2016-03-29 19.33.20We finally made it here, after hearing and seeing so much of it since it’s opening in Jan 2016!

Oh My Tian was opened by the same folks over at Hatter Street in Kovan, so you can expect crispy-on-the-outside-but-fluffy-on-the-inside waffles. They also have some mains and a totally delightful decor that’s so Instagram-worthy! Think a Merry-Go-Round in the corner of the cafe? A park in another corner with a street-lamp telephone? 🙂

It was a very quiet Tuesday when we came here for dinner, and we had almost the entire place to ourselves. Gotta say that they have really put in a lot for the decorations 🙂

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